Tuesday, February 7, 2012

William Wordsworth- Is his famous Poem called 'Daffodils' or 'I wandered lonely as a cloud'?

In my English class we have to make a presentation on a famous Poem/Poet.



I chose William Wordsworth and I've been looking through his poems and I thought his famous poem was called ' I wandered lonely as a cloud' but my English teacher said it was called 'Daffodils'.



Both poems are the same despite the title.

William Wordsworth- Is his famous Poem called 'Daffodils' or 'I wandered lonely as a cloud'?
In France, in the years sixty - this was called " the daffodils"
Reply:It is "I wandered lonely as a cloud".



We had it for lessons
Reply:it was called Daffodils
Reply:It is known as 'I wandered as lonely as a cloud'.
Reply:It is called Daffodils, But it is always easier to remember the first line, so is better known as I wandered lonely as a cloud.
Reply:Originally it was "The Daffodils" but now it is more commonly known as "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud (The Daffodils)" .
Reply:"Daffodils" (1804)



I WANDER'D lonely as a cloud

That floats on high o'er vales and hills,

When all at once I saw a crowd,

A host, of golden daffodils;

Beside the lake, beneath the trees,

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine

And twinkle on the Milky Way,

They stretch'd in never-ending line

Along the margin of a bay:

Ten thousand saw I at a glance,

Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they

Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:

A poet could not but be gay,

In such a jocund company:

I gazed -- and gazed -- but little thought

What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie

In vacant or in pensive mood,

They flash upon that inward eye

Which is the bliss of solitude;

And then my heart with pleasure fills,

And dances with the daffodils.



By William Wordsworth (1770-1850).


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